Digital health platforms could capture more consumers with stronger social media strategies: VillageMD bought digital patient engagement platform HealthyInteractions—and while it’ll benefit Walgreens’ healthcare push, consumers don’t always know there are digital options like VillageMD’s available.
Providers invest in personalized, prescribed meal-kits at your doorstep—but they’re not cheap: Season Health, Geisinger, CommonSpirit Health, and Cricket Health bring customized, healthcare-informed meal plans to their patients. But its self-pay model would exclude many.
For ViacomCBS, becoming a streaming titan is the top goal: The media giant is rebranding as Paramount, touting its streaming products’ growth.
Roblox feels the metaverse pressure: Investors weren’t happy despite the company’s 83% revenue growth and 33% user growth—but marketers should be! Regardless of its metaverse goals, it’s still a valuable platform for video game campaigns.
Chamber aligns with Big Tech: The largest US lobbying group is going against the FTC as Big Tech’s new enforcer. Its involvement could make it harder for the government to enforce antitrust laws.
France is expanding its nuclear power arsenal: The country’s move to add more reactors will help with energy issues in the long run, but short-term solutions are lacking.
Louis Vuitton’s price increases could give a boost to the luxury resale market: The luxury brand cited rising production costs and inflation as some of the reasons for the hike, despite parent company LVMH’s record 2021 sales.
US jewelry sales grew 27.5% in 2021 to reach $47.1 billion, making up 8.8% of the apparels and accessories category.
Cloud consolidation continues with Akamai’s $900M acquisition of Linode: Can compressing cloud behemoths become unmanageable?
On this episode of our new Behind the Numbers show, Reimagining Retail, our analyst Suzy Davidkhanian hosts author and keynote and strategic advisor Steve Dennis to discuss overlooked consequences the pandemic has had on retailers outside of the much-discussed supply chain and consumer loyalty woes. They also identify several smaller, lesser-known brands they think will pop in 2022.
Walmart takes steps toward a greener future: The ultimate impact of its initiatives depends on how forcefully it exerts its influence.
The UK-based neobank can now jump into Australian lending and it has acquired an Indian company that offers multicurrency accounts and remittances. But what does it all add up to?
Meta’s lawsuits, settlements, and consumer sentiment are a mounting problem: The company can’t acquire its way out of this one.
Nextdoor’s changes aim to temper users and ease brand concerns: A number of new features encourage positive user interactions on an app known for its controversies.
Google’s post-cookie loophole lets publishers keep using identifiers: Heavy pushback from publishers and failure to find a suitable replacement for cookies could reverse Google’s plans.
ACI PayAfter integrates more than 70 BNPL options into a single solution for merchants.